Three South African athletes won gold medals at the weekend’s inaugural Athletics World Cup in London, England, while five more individuals reached the podium in their events. On Sunday night, world long jump champion Luvo Manyonga was in fine form in his specialist discipline. With field events athletes limited to four attempts in straight finals, […]

South African tennis player Kevin‪ Anderson has thanked his incredible South African fans for supporting him on his journey to Centre Court at Wimbledon in London. Despite losing today to Novak Djokovic, Kevin’s positive attitude has shone through. Wimbledon said: “If there’s one quality that’s stood out the most among the many that carried Kevin Anderson to […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Crowds of cheering French football fans gathered in Paris on Sunday, draped in red, white and blue and singing the Marseillaise, as excitement grew head of the France-Croatia showdown at the World Cup final in Moscow. By the end of the match their enthusiasm was rewarded with a 4-2 victory! A day […]

South African motorcyle racer Brad Binder has raced to glory in Germany on Sunday – winning his first ever Moto2 race at the Sachsenring circuit… and becoming the first South African winner for almost 40 years. Just yesterday he renewed his contract with Red Bull. This afternoon MotoGP said: “What a way to celebrate signing a […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa‏ has personally phoned Kevin Anderson to wish him luck in the Wimbledon Final this afternoon. Ramaphosa tweeted: “I called & spoke to Kevin Anderson & wished him the best of luck & told him that we are all rooting for him. “He was very pleased and said he’d do his […]

South African tennis player Kevin Anderson – who will play in the Men’s Finals at Wimbledon on Sunday afternoon – is still dogged by rumours he ‘denounced’ South Africa, or by South Africans who say they refuse to support him because he wouldn’t “represent his country” and play in the Davis Cup. As Kevin explained […]

“So near and yet so far… Raven Klaasen’s fantastic run at Wimbledon 2018 ended in heartbreak in the final of the men’s doubles,” is how Tennis South Africa described Saturday evening’s match between Klaasen and his Kiwi partner Michael Venus against Americans Mike Bryan and Jack Sock. In a riveting match, Raven and Michael put […]

LONDON – Tennis must see sense and bring in fifth-set tiebreaks to avoid the kind of marathon which saw Kevin Anderson outlast John Isner in a six hour, 36 minute Wimbledon semi-final on Friday, according to retired great Mats Wilander. South African Anderson eventually prevailed 26-24 in the fifth and deciding set of what became […]

Caster Semenya was back to her best and also posted a personal best time in the women’s 1,000m event at Friday’s IAAF Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco, writes MARK ETHERIDGE. Semenya bounced back after a disappointing sixth spot in the 1,500m at the recent Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland. On Friday, she was in fine […]

During the marathon match on Centre Court today at Wimbledon in London, South African Kevin Anderson momentarily turned left-handed in a desperate bid to win a point… and pulled it off perfectly, thanks largely to his father! Watch below. Wimbledon called it an “epic point” as Anderson – who had fallen over – got up […]

Kevin Anderson kept his South African fans on tenterhooks on Friday afternoon as he battled it out – set for set, game for game, point for point – with American John Isner. But finally our “Miracle Man” – as Wimbledon nicknamed Anderson on Wednesday, after he shocked the world by beating number one seed Roger […]

It’s turning into a very South African Wimbledon with SA’s Kevin Anderson playing in the semi-final this afternoon, and SA’s Raven Klaasen making it through to the doubles final tomorrow, along with his New Zealand partner Michal Venus. Klaasen and Venus defeated the wild-card pairing of Denmark’s Frederik Nielsen and Britain’s Joe Salisbury 7-6 (6) 3-6 […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – who arrived in Saudi Arabia this morning – has tweeted a message of congratulations to three awesome South Africans at Wimbledon, including ‘Miracle Man’, SA expat Kevin Anderson, who stunned the world’s number one player – Roger Federer – in a quarter-final cliffhanger yesterday. Ramaphosa said: “Congratulations to Kevin […]

Wimbledon called Kevin Anderson’s performance in London today against Roger Federer possibly one of the biggest comebacks Wimbledon has ever seen! Posting a picture of Anderson with the words ‘Miracle Man’ on it, Wimbledon tweeted: “From match point down in the third set, @KAndersonATP recovers to beat defending champion Roger Federer 2-6, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, […]

LONDON  – South African expat Kevin Anderson pulled off the biggest shock at Wimbledon – and in the tennis arena this year – by beating eight-times champion Roger Federer on Court One today! Anderson – who is seeded eighth – beat the number one seed Federer 2-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 13-11 in an amazing match at […]

LONDON (Reuters) – For Kevin Anderson it was a day of firsts on Monday… and today he’s relaxing with his family before the big match tomorrow. Yesterday Anderson beat Frenchman Gael Monfils for the first time in six attempts and in doing so reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time – at his 10th […]

International sports journalist Simon Cambers has praised South Africa’s tennis hotshot, Kevin Anderson, for leading the battle to reduce plastic in tennis – “including those pointless covers on newly-strung rackets”. Kevin says “there’s a huge opportunity for tennis to make a difference”. Viewers watching Wimbledon at the moment – where Kevin has just secured a […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Champion Roger Federer‘s pursuit of a record ninth Wimbledon title gathered momentum on Monday as he reached the quarter-finals with a 6-0 7-5 6-4 win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino… and next he will play our own South African eighth seed Kevin Anderson! Anderson just beat Frenchman, Gael Monfils, 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 in […]

Last week a photo of Under 18 men’s and women’s surfers, Rio Waida of Indonesia and Zoe Steyn of South Africa went viral on social media, highlighting a very noticeable discrepancy in the value of the prize money top contestants were awarded based on gender, at the Ballito Pro event presented by Billabong. Popular blog, […]

Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Caster Semenya had to settle for a distant sixth at Thursday’s IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, writes MARK ETHERIDGE. Semenya, who set a Commonwealth record of 4min 00.71sec in Gold Coast, Australia three months ago, at least had the satisfaction of beating that time as she stopped the clocks […]

One of the more impressive statistics in South African athletics is that since 2014 there’s been at least one new sprinter who had managed to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres. Simon Magakwe (9.98 seconds) did so in 2014; in 2015 Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies both ran 9.97; in 2016 Wayde van […]

Stellenbosch para-athletes Kerwin Noemdo and veteran Paralympian Zanele Situ are both buoyant after a successful Berlin Open Grand Prix meeting in Germany, writes MARK ETHERIDGE. In his first major international competition, Noemdo took part in the F46 shot put final and picked up bronze with an African record 13.91-metre heave. Ahead of him, the gold […]

World Surf League (WSL) has again this morning had to place a heat on hold at Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, after a shark was spotted by event officials making its way towards the surfers. The WSL said Thursday morning that the shark was spotted from the north heading directly towards the […]

South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has started Wimbledon on a great note, winning in three straight sets against Norbert Gombos on Monday in London. The 32-year-old SA expat beat the Slovakian 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. This evening Kevin tweeted: “Great start to @Wimbledon for me ? Thanks to everyone who came to Court No12 to support!” On […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Just call Roland Garros the warm-up. Four weeks on from her run to the last 16 at the French Open, Serena Williams is back at Wimbledon, having missed last year’s event as she prepared for the birth of her daughter. Ranked 183 after just three tournaments back, the seven-time champion will go […]